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Research Article

Who is the ‘I’? An exploration of social work professional written discourse and implications for social work education

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Received 20 Jun 2023, Accepted 29 Jan 2024, Published online: 29 Feb 2024

Figures & data

Figure 1. A heuristic for exploring voice in professional social work writing (after Lillis, Citation2001).

Figure 1. A heuristic for exploring voice in professional social work writing (after Lillis, Citation2001).

Table 1. I in case notes, e-mails and reports.

Figure 2. Functions of social worker I.

Figure 2. Functions of social worker I.

Table 2. The who and function of I in case notes and e-mails.

Table 3. I in reports in children and adults’ care.

Table 4. The who and function of I in reports in adults’ and children’s care.

Figure 3. I voices in adults’ reports [concordance lines].

Figure 3. I voices in adults’ reports [concordance lines].

Table 5. My perspectival phrases in reports (children’s 162 adults 82).